Rance - v - Lomax Sayers Ltd

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Claimant Barbara Nikita Rance
Job title Horticultural Assistant
Job description Cleaning and handling plant pots
Injury Bilateral Tendonitis, Bilateral Medial Epicondylitis, Left Lateral Epicondylitis & Ganglia
Defendant Lomax Sayers Ltd
Court Plymouth County
Case No. PL900143
Date 30 Apr 01
Judge(s) Mr Recorder Anthony Donne QC
For Claimants
All Claimants Barbara Nikita Rance
Solicitor Bond Pearce
Counsel  
Non-Medical expert(s) Dr Lipczynski, TBA
Medical expert(s) Dr Hicklin, Rheumatology
For Defendant
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Non-Medical expert(s) Mr Steven A Rawden, Engineering
Medical expert(s) Mr M Spigelman, Orthopaedic Surgery
Outcome details
Judgment for: Claimant
Injury found: Yes
Work related: Yes
Breach of Statutory Duty: Yes
Defendant negligent: Yes
Damages
General: £4,500.00
Special: £6,651.66
Other:  
TOTAL:  
Observations
  Breach of Regulations 4(1)(b)(i) & 4(1)(b)(ii) of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 found.

"…the Claimant has proved to the necessary standard that she sustained tendonitis as a result of her work but not epicondylitis or any other injury."

Mr Recorder Donne QC
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